An issuer of share certificates listed in a financial instruments exchange, share certificates specified by Cabinet Order as those whose state of distribution can be regarded as being equivalent to share certificates listed in a financial instruments exchange, or other securities specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter collectively referred to as "listed share certificates, etc." in this Article, Articles 27-22-2 through 27-22-4 and Article 167) must, when a resolution at a shareholders meeting or board of directors' meeting set forth in Article 156, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (including as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, paragraph (3) of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) or a decision of an organization specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto is made (hereinafter referred to as the "resolution, etc." in this paragraph), submit a report which, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, states the particulars of the status of buyback of listed share certificates, etc. for its own shares or equity conducted based on the resolution, etc. of the shareholders meeting or board of directors' meeting or a meeting specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto (hereinafter referred to as the "shareholders meeting, etc." in this paragraph) during each month from the month which includes the day when the shareholders meeting, etc. in which the resolution, etc. was made was concluded to the month which includes the day when the period set forth in Article 156, paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Act is to expire or the day specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto (each month is referred to as the "reporting month" in this paragraph) (including the cases where no buyback is conducted) and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate for the public interest or protection of investors to the Prime Minister by the 15th day of the month following each reporting month.
金融商品取引所に上場されている株券、流通状況が金融商品取引所に上場されている株券に準ずるものとして政令で定める株券その他政令で定める有価証券(以下この条、第二十七条の二十二の二から第二十七条の二十二の四まで及び第百六十七条において「上場株券等」という。)の発行者は、会社法第百五十六条第一項(同法第百六十五条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。)の規定による株主総会の決議若しくは取締役会の決議又はこれらに相当するものとして政令で定める機関の決定(以下この項において「決議等」という。)があつた場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該決議等があつた株主総会若しくは取締役会又はこれらに相当するものとして政令で定める会議(以下この項において「株主総会等」という。)の終結した日の属する月から同法第百五十六条第一項第三号に掲げる期間の満了する日又はこれに相当するものとして政令で定める日の属する月までの各月(以下この項において「報告月」という。)ごとに、当該株主総会等の決議等に基づいて各報告月中に行つた自己の株式又は持分に係る上場株券等の買付けの状況(買付けを行わなかつた場合を含む。)に関する事項その他の公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして内閣府令で定める事項を記載した報告書を、各報告月の翌月十五日までに、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a report set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "report on repurchase"), and the provisions of Article 22 apply mutatis mutandis if a report on repurchase contains a false statement regarding a material particular, lacks a statement of a material particular that is required to be stated, or lacks a statement of a material fact that is necessary to prevent it from being misleading. In this case, in Article 7, paragraph (1), the phrase "If, on or after the day on which a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) is filed and before the day on which that notification comes into effect, a material particular that is required to be stated in a statement or other document under Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (13) changes" is deemed to be replaced with "If a material particular that is required to be stated in a report on repurchase (meaning a report set forth in Article 24-6, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Article, Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (1), and Article 22) changes", the phrase "the person filing the notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the report on repurchase", and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 9, paragraph (1) the phrase "the person that submitted it" is deemed to be replaced with "the person that submitted the report on repurchase" and the term "amended statement" is deemed to be replaced with "amended report"; in Article 10, paragraph (1), the phrase "the person submitting the securities registration statement" is deemed to be replaced with "the person submitting the report on repurchase" and the phrase "to submit an amended statement, and if the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may order the suspension of the validity of a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "to submit an amended report"; in Article 22, paragraph (1), the phrase "persons set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii)" is deemed to be replaced with "person that, at the time of submission of the report on repurchase, is an officer of the issuer that submitted that report", and the phrase "a person that, without knowing that the statement is false or has been omitted, acquires securities issued by the person submitting the securities registration statement other than through a public offering or secondary distribution" is deemed to be replaced with "a person that, without knowing that the statement is false or has been omitted, acquires securities issued by the person submitting the report on repurchase"; and in Article 22, paragraph (2), the phrase "Article 21, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 21, paragraph (2), item (i)" and the phrase "the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the preceding paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-6, paragraph (2)".
第七条第一項、第九条第一項及び第十条第一項の規定は前項に規定する報告書(以下「自己株券買付状況報告書」という。)について、第二十二条の規定は自己株券買付状況報告書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けている場合について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、第七条第一項中「第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出の日以後当該届出がその効力を生ずることとなる日前において、第五条第一項及び第十三項の規定による届出書類」とあるのは「自己株券買付状況報告書(第二十四条の六第一項に規定する報告書をいう。以下この条、第九条第一項、第十条第一項及び第二十二条において同じ。)」と、「届出者」とあるのは「自己株券買付状況報告書の提出者」と、「訂正届出書」とあるのは「訂正報告書」と、第九条第一項中「届出者」とあるのは「自己株券買付状況報告書の提出者」と、「訂正届出書」とあるのは「訂正報告書」と、第十条第一項中「届出者」とあるのは「自己株券買付状況報告書の提出者」と、「訂正届出書の提出を命じ、必要があると認めるときは、第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出の効力の停止」とあるのは「訂正報告書の提出」と、第二十二条第一項中「第二十一条第一項第一号及び第三号に掲げる者」とあるのは「当該自己株券買付状況報告書を提出した発行者のその提出の時における役員」と、「有価証券届出書の届出者が発行者である有価証券を募集若しくは売出しによらないで取得した者」とあるのは「自己株券買付状況報告書の提出者が発行者である有価証券を取得した者」と、同条第二項中「第二十一条第二項第一号及び第二号」とあるのは「第二十一条第二項第一号」と、「前項」とあるのは「第二十四条の六第二項において準用する前項」と読み替えるものとする。
The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis if a report on repurchase is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and if an amended report is submitted in connection with a report on repurchase, pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
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(Order to Submit an Amended Statement and Order Suspending the Validity of a Notification Due to a False Statement)
If the Prime Minister discovers that a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular, lacks a statement of a material particular that is required to be…
内閣総理大臣は、有価証券届出書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けていることを発見したときは、いつでも、届出者に対し、訂正届出書の提出を命じ、必要があると認めるときは…
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次の各号に掲げる者(以下この条において「公開買付者等関係者」という。)であつて、第二十七条の二第一項に規定する株券等で金融商品取引所に上場されているもの、店頭売買有価証券若しくは取扱有価証券に該当するもの(以下この条において「上場等株券等」という。)の同項に規定する公開買付け(同項本文の規定の適用を受ける場合に限る。…
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a person that, at the time of submission of the securities registration statement, is an officer (meaning a director, accounting advisor, company auditor, executive officer, or a person equivalent…
当該有価証券届出書を提出した会社のその提出の時における役員(取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役又はこれらに準ずる者をいう。第百六十三条から第百六十七条までを除き、以下同じ。)又は当該会社の発起人(その提出が会社の成立前にされたときに限る。)
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a certified public accountant or the audit corporation that, in the audit certification provided for in Article 193-2, paragraph (1) in connection with the securities registration statement…
当該有価証券届出書に係る第百九十三条の二第一項に規定する監査証明において、当該監査証明に係る書類について記載が虚偽であり又は欠けているものを虚偽でなく又は欠けていないものとして証明した公認会計士又は監査法人
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the person specified in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph:it did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, that the statement was false or had been omitted;
前項第一号又は第二号に掲げる者 記載が虚偽であり又は欠けていることを知らず、かつ、相当な注意を用いたにもかかわらず知ることができなかつたこと。
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a person or firm specified in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph:it did not intentionally or negligently provide such inappropriate certification; and
前項第三号に掲げる者 同号の証明をしたことについて故意又は過失がなかつたこと。
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If a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular, omits a statement of a material particular that is required to be stated…
有価証券届出書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、第二十一条第一項第一号及び第三号に掲げる者は、当該記載が虚偽であり、又は欠けていることを知らないで…
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有価証券届出書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、第二十一条第一項第一号及び第三号に掲げる者は、当該記載が虚偽であり、又は欠けていることを知らないで…
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The provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) apply mutatis mutandis to a person that would be liable for the compensation set forth in the preceding paragraph.
第二十一条第二項第一号及び第二号の規定は、前項に規定する賠償の責めに任ずべき者について準用する。
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An issuer of share certificates listed in a financial instruments exchange, share certificates specified by Cabinet Order as those whose state of distribution can be regarded as being equivalent to…
金融商品取引所に上場されている株券、流通状況が金融商品取引所に上場されている株券に準ずるものとして政令で定める株券その他政令で定める有価証券(以下この条、第二十七条の二十二の二から第二十七条の二十二の四まで及び第百六十七条において「上場株券等」という。)の発行者は…
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An issuer of share certificates listed in a financial instruments exchange, share certificates specified by Cabinet Order as those whose state of distribution can be regarded as being equivalent to…
金融商品取引所に上場されている株券、流通状況が金融商品取引所に上場されている株券に準ずるものとして政令で定める株券その他政令で定める有価証券(以下この条、第二十七条の二十二の二から第二十七条の二十二の四まで及び第百六十七条において「上場株券等」という。)の発行者は…
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The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a report set forth in the preceding paragraph…
第七条第一項、第九条第一項及び第十条第一項の規定は前項に規定する報告書(以下「自己株券買付状況報告書」という。)について、第二十二条の規定は自己株券買付状況報告書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けている場合について…
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A purchase, etc. (meaning a purchase or other acquisition for value; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) of listed share certificates…
上場株券等の当該上場株券等の発行者による取引所金融商品市場外における買付け等(買付けその他の有償の譲受けをいう。以下この条及び次条において同じ。)のうち、次に掲げるものに該当するものについては、公開買付けによらなければならない。
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If a material fact has occurred with regard to an issuer that seeks to purchase, etc. listed share certificates, etc. through a tender offer provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article…
前条第一項に規定する公開買付けによる上場株券等の買付け等を行おうとする発行者は、当該発行者の重要事実(第百六十六条第一項に規定する業務等に関する重要事実(内閣府令で定めるものを除く。)をいう。以下この条及び次条において同じ。)であつて第百六十六条第一項に規定する公表がされていないものがあるときは…
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An issuer that fails to make a disclosure or issue a notice under paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article (hereinafter collectively referred to as "disclosure" in this Article) with regard to a…
前条第一項又は第二項の規定による公表又は通知(以下この条において「公表等」という。)をしなければならない重要事実についての公表等をせず、又は虚偽の公表等をした発行者は、公開買付けに応じて上場株券等の売付け等をした者に対し、公表等がされず又は公表等が虚偽であることにより生じた損害を賠償する責めに任ずる。
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It is not permitted for a person to conduct a public offering of securities (including specified procedures related to the issuance of securities during a corporate reorganization; the same applies…
有価証券の募集(特定組織再編成発行手続を含む。第十三条及び第十五条第二項から第六項までを除き、以下この章及び次章において同じ。)又は有価証券の売出し(次項に規定する適格機関投資家取得有価証券一般勧誘及び第三項に規定する特定投資家等取得有価証券一般勧誘に該当するものを除き、特定組織再編成交付手続を含む。以下この項におい…
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It is not permitted for a person to issue a solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities (meaning a solicitation for selling, etc. or procedures related to the delivery of securities…
その有価証券発行勧誘等(取得勧誘及び組織再編成発行手続をいう。以下同じ。)又は有価証券交付勧誘等(売付け勧誘等及び組織再編成交付手続をいう。以下同じ。)が次に掲げる場合に該当するものであつた有価証券(第二号に掲げる場合にあつては第二条第三項第一号の規定により多数の者から除かれた適格機関投資家が取得した有価証券に限り、…
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It is not permitted for a person to issue a solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities that involves securities falling under any of the following items…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する有価証券(第二十四条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するもの又は多数の特定投資家に所有される見込みが少ないと認められるものとして政令で定めるものを除く。以下「特定投資家向け有価証券」という。)の有価証券交付勧誘等で…
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If an issuer seeking to file a notification for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities under paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article…
前条第一項から第三項までの規定による有価証券の募集又は売出し(特定有価証券(その投資者の投資判断に重要な影響を及ぼす情報がその発行者が行う資産の運用その他これに類似する事業に関する情報である有価証券として政令で定めるものをいう。以下この項、第五項、第十項及び第十一項、第七条第四項、第二十四条並びに第二十四条の七第一項…
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The articles of incorporation or other documents that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors must accompany the…
第一項の届出書には、定款その他の書類で公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして内閣府令で定めるものを添付しなければならない。
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An issuer of the securities set forth in the following items must submit a copy of the statement and other documents set forth in paragraph (1) and paragraph (13) of the preceding Article to the…
次の各号に掲げる有価証券の発行者は、第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出をしたときは、遅滞なく、前条第一項及び第十三項の規定による届出書類の写しを当該各号に掲げる者に提出しなければならない。
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If, on or after the day on which a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) is filed and before the day on which that notification comes into effect…
第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出の日以後当該届出がその効力を生ずることとなる日前において、第五条第一項及び第十三項の規定による届出書類に記載すべき重要な事項の変更その他公益又は投資者保護のため当該書類の内容を訂正する必要があるものとして内閣府令で定める事情があるときは…
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If, on or after the day on which a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) is filed and before the day on which that notification comes into effect…
第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出の日以後当該届出がその効力を生ずることとなる日前において、第五条第一項及び第十三項の規定による届出書類に記載すべき重要な事項の変更その他公益又は投資者保護のため当該書類の内容を訂正する必要があるものとして内閣府令で定める事情があるときは…
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If the Prime Minister finds a formal deficiency in a statement or other document under Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (13) or Article 7, paragraph (1) or finds such statement or other document…
内閣総理大臣は、第五条第一項及び第十三項若しくは第七条第一項の規定による届出書類に形式上の不備があり、又はその書類に記載すべき重要な事項の記載が不十分であると認めるときは、届出者に対し、訂正届出書の提出を命ずることができる。
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A stock company must prescribe the following matters by a resolution at a shareholders meeting in advance in order to acquire for value own shares by agreement with its shareholders; provided…
株式会社が株主との合意により当該株式会社の株式を有償で取得するには、あらかじめ、株主総会の決議によって、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。ただし、第三号の期間は、一年を超えることができない。
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the period during which the shares can be acquired.
株式を取得することができる期間
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前項の規定による定款の定めを設けた場合における第百五十六条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主総会」とあるのは、「株主総会(第百六十五条第一項に規定する場合にあっては、株主総会又は取締役会)」とする。
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「有価証券」
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
issuer
「発行者」
A person who issues or intends to issue securities, or for securities a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, the person it specifies; for rights treated as securities under Article 2, paragraph (2), the person a Cabinet Office Order specifies for each kind of right is treated as issuing them, at the time it specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)
securities registration statement
「有価証券届出書」
A securities registration statement: the statement filed under Article 5, paragraph (1) (including as applied under paragraph (5) of that Article) for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities, the documents attached to it under paragraph (13) of that Article, and any amended statement filed under Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
financial instruments exchange
「金融商品取引所」
A membership corporation (金融商品会員制法人) or stock company (株式会社) licensed by the Prime Minister under Article 80, paragraph (1) to open a financial instruments market (金融商品市場).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (16)· applies throughout the law
officer
「役員」
A director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or a person equivalent to one, in this Act other than Articles 163 to 167.
Defined inArticle 21, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies from here on, except in Articles 163 to 167
listed share certificates, etc.
「上場株券等」
Share certificates listed on a financial instruments exchange (金融商品取引所), share certificates a Cabinet Order (政令) treats as comparable in how they circulate, and other securities a Cabinet Order specifies, as Article 24-6, paragraph (1) defines them.
Short name set inArticle 24-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Articles 27-22-2 to 27-22-4 and 167
reporting month
「報告月」
In Article 24-6, paragraph (1), each month from the month in which the shareholders' meeting, board meeting or equivalent that resolved on buying the issuer's own shares ended, to the month in which the period set under Article 156, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Companies Act, or an equivalent day a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, ends; the issuer reports its purchases for each such month.
Short name set inArticle 24-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
shareholders meeting, etc.
「株主総会等」
In Article 24-6, paragraph (1), the shareholders meeting, board of directors meeting or other meeting a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies at which a resolution or decision (決議等) authorizing the company to acquire its own shares was made.
Short name set inArticle 24-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
resolution, etc.
「決議等」
In Article 24-6, paragraph (1), a resolution of a shareholders meeting or board of directors under Article 156, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (including as applied under Article 165, paragraph (3) of that Act) on acquiring the company's own shares, or a decision of a body a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as equivalent.
Short name set inArticle 24-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
report on repurchasemachine translation
「自己株券買付状況報告書」
The report that an issuer of listed share certificates, etc. (上場株券等) must submit to the Prime Minister by the 15th of the following month for each month covered by a shareholders' meeting or board resolution to acquire its own shares (Article 24-6, paragraph (1)), stating how it bought its own shares that month and other matters a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.
Short name set inArticle 24-6, paragraph (2)
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.